class NumStr
class NumStr is Allomorph is Num { }
NumStr
is a dual value type, a subclass of both
Allomorph, hence Str, and
Num.
See Allomorph for further details.
my $num-str = <42.1e0>;
say $num-str.^name; # OUTPUT: Ā«NumStrā¤Ā»
my Num $num = $num-str; # OK!
my Str $str = $num-str; # OK!
# ā operator cares about object identity
say 42e10 ā <42e10 55 1>; # OUTPUT: Ā«Falseā¤Ā»
Methods
method new
method new(Num $i, Str $s)
The constructor requires both the Num and the Str value, when constructing one directly the values can be whatever is required:
my $f = NumStr.new(42.1e0, "forty two and a bit");
say +$f; # OUTPUT: Ā«42.1ā¤Ā»
say ~$f; # OUTPUT: Ā«"forty two and a bit"ā¤Ā»
method Num
method Num
Returns the Num value of the NumStr
.
method Numeric
multi method Numeric(NumStr:D: --> Num:D)
multi method Numeric(NumStr:U: --> Num:D)
The :D
variant returns the numeric portion of the invocant. The :U
variant issues
a warning about using an uninitialized value in numeric context and then returns value 0e0
.
method Real
multi method Real(NumStr:D: --> Num:D)
multi method Real(NumStr:U: --> Num:D)
The :D
variant returns the numeric portion of the invocant. The :U
variant issues
a warning about using an uninitialized value in numeric context and then returns value 0e0
.
Operators
infix ===
multi infix:<===>(NumStr:D $a, NumStr:D $b)
NumStr
Value identity operator. Returns True
if the Num
values of $a
and $b
are identical and their Str
values are also identical. Returns False
otherwise.